Dolphins Eye Hurricane Andrew

MIAMI — From their locker room at Joe Robbie Stadium, the Miami Dolphins listened to the steady roar-not from cheering fans, but from Hurricane Andrew.

``You could hear shaking and rattling and the water coming down,`` rookie cornerback Troy Vincent said Tuesday. ``It was scary.``

At the stadium, it was also safe. That`s why about 20 Dolphins, their families and three pet dogs went there to wait out the killer storm early Monday. Tim, Dan, Brian and Janet Robbie, whose father built the stadium, were also there.

They found refuge in the field-level locker rooms, although some ventured to the second level of the stadium to get a look at Andrew.

``Clouds were flying across the sky,`` fullback Tony Paige said. ``It was amazing. Everybody was fearful of it, but I really wasn`t because I`m from up north, and I didn`t know the magnitude of it. Now I know.``

Joe Robbie Stadium withstood the storm, and because most of the Dolphins live north of the hardest-hit area, their homes sustained little damage.

Southern Florida`s most seriously damaged sports facilities appeared to be Hialeah Park and the new baseball complex in Homestead.